Several Chargers set career bests at the 2023 Wide Track Classic on Saturday. 

Hillsdale hosted the meet with 500 competitors, including athletes from the University of Western Ontario, Calvin University, and Siena Heights University.

In the 5K race, junior Alex Mitchell set a personal best of 14:58.99, which was good enough for first place. Senior Isaac Waffle also set a new personal best with his 15:22.60 second place finish. Freshman Nathaniel Osbourne also competed in the 5K, finishing sixth with a time of 16:00.95.

Adding on to the Charger PRs was senior Dagur Einarsson, who finished third in the 60m dash with a time of 7.02. Sophomore Maliq Brock had his career best finish in the indoor 200m, with a time of 22.97, which earned him fourth place.

“It was fun to get out and compete on Saturday.” Brock said, “I haven’t felt good after a meet like that in awhile, so this one was extra nice.”

The Charger jump squad had a great meet as well according to sophomore Cass Dobrowolski. Dobrowolski continued to improve on his indoor season, clearing 2.03m in the high jump event. 

“Saturday went really well considering how early in the season it still is,” Dobrowolski said, “There were a lot of good performances across the board which is really promising to see since there is still a month left until our conference championship meet.”

Senior Charlie Andrews followed right behind Dobrowolski, hitting a personal best jump of 1.98m for second place. 

“It felt good to hit a bigger mark early on,” Andrews said, “It didn’t feel like a PR, just another meet, and I’m excited to see what the rest of the year holds.”

Another jumper with a personal best was sophomore Alfonso Garcia, who finished third in the triple jump at 13.16m. 

The Hillsdale men’s team only had one athlete competing in the pole vault event. Freshman Connor McCormick hit his collegiate personal best, clearing 4.60m to earn second place. First place was taken by Charger alumnus Ben Raffin, who was competing unattached at the meet. 

Sophomore Ben Haase continued his season by finishing second in the weight throw at 18.75m, and fourth in the shot put at 14.53m. 

Hillsdale will head to Ashland University for the Jud Logan Light Giver Open on Feb. 3-4.